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Jan 08, 2020 |
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Jan 28, 2019 |
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Assembly Bill A3147
2019-2020 Legislative Session
Sponsored By
COLTON
Archive: Last Bill Status - In Assembly Committee
- Introduced
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- In Committee Assembly
- In Committee Senate
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- On Floor Calendar Assembly
- On Floor Calendar Senate
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- Passed Assembly
- Passed Senate
- Delivered to Governor
- Signed By Governor
Actions
co-Sponsors
Nily Rozic
Walter T. Mosley
Michael G. Miller
Steven Cymbrowitz
multi-Sponsors
Andrew Hevesi
Alicia Hyndman
2019-A3147 (ACTIVE) - Details
- See Senate Version of this Bill:
- S6273
- Current Committee:
- Assembly Election Law
- Law Section:
- Election Law
- Laws Affected:
- Amd §5-216, El L
- Versions Introduced in Other Legislative Sessions:
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2013-2014:
A9182, S7337
2015-2016: A4749, S1703
2017-2018: A3904, S223
2021-2022: A4237, S5766
2023-2024: A3878, S4033
2019-A3147 (ACTIVE) - Bill Text download pdf
S T A T E O F N E W Y O R K ________________________________________________________________________ 3147 2019-2020 Regular Sessions I N A S S E M B L Y January 28, 2019 ___________ Introduced by M. of A. COLTON, ROZIC, MOSLEY, M. G. MILLER, CYMBROWITZ, BICHOTTE, CRESPO, WILLIAMS, BARRON, RIVERA, DE LA ROSA, COOK -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. HYNDMAN -- read once and referred to the Committee on Election Law AN ACT to amend the election law, in relation to requiring the board of elections to provide Russian interpreters to certain polling locations in cities having a population in excess of one million people THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, REPRESENTED IN SENATE AND ASSEM- BLY, DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS: Section 1. Subdivision 2 of section 5-216 of the election law is amended to read as follows: 2. A. If the applicant be a person who does not speak the English language, he may be assisted by a relative who can interpret for him. If the applicant registers with this assistance the board shall put in the remarks space of the registration forms the name and address, and the relationship, of the person so doing the interpreting and the interpret- er shall sign his name in the remarks space. B. IN ANY CITY HAVING A POPULATION OF ONE MILLION OR MORE PEOPLE, WHICH CONTAINS ANY COUNTY THAT HAS A POPULATION COMPRISED OF FIVE PERCENT OR MORE OF PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS RUSSIAN WITHIN SUCH COUNTY, THE BOARD OF ELECTIONS SHALL PROVIDE RUSSIAN INTERPRETERS AT POLLING LOCATIONS IN THOSE ELECTION DISTRICTS WITHIN EACH SUCH COUNTY IN THE CITY HAVING A POPULATION COMPRISED OF FIVE PERCENT OR MORE PEOPLE WHOSE FIRST LANGUAGE IS RUSSIAN. § 2. This act shall take effect immediately and shall apply to all elections conducted on or after such effective date. EXPLANATION--Matter in ITALICS (underscored) is new; matter in brackets [ ] is old law to be omitted. LBD04858-01-9
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